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' REEL.

No. 83,270. Patented Oct. 20, 1868-. l

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Patented Oct. 20, 1868.

. flrlllllllllll hereby declare that the following is a full,clear,'and.

JOHN s) FENNER, or WARREN,

iNMAN MANUFACTURING coMPAN RHODE ISLAND, AssrGNoR To -Lettc/rs .PatentNo. 83,270, dated October` 20, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN anni The Schedule referred to in these Lettersl Patentland. making part of the saine.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, J ons S. FENNER, of Warren, in the county ofBristol, and State of Ithodelsland, have invented a new and improvedReel; and I`do exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specih'cation, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe improved reel. Figure 2 is an edgeview of the same Figure 3 is a side view. Figure i is an enlarged view,arm of the reel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to a new and improved mode of constructing reelswhich are designed oliieiy for winding silk braid and other threads,where it is important to have the reels very light and durable. Thenature of my invention consists'in a scored or in dean, brule pivoted vgrooved pulley or ring, having curved reel-arms extending from its faceor side, the pulley and arms being constructed as hereinafter set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation. y

In the accompanying drawing, A represents a ring which has a groove inits periphery, and which is connected by spokes, a a a al, yto a centralhub, b, having journals formed on its ends. The said ring is made quitethin, and may be of any required diameter. It is sustained by itsjournals in the forked ends 'of standturned, and, whenl This ring thusconards B B, Aso that it can be readily desired, lifted out of itsbearings.

structed is adapted to serve as a pulley for receiving an endless band,by which motioncan be transmitted to it from another pulley, as shown iniig. l, and it, is

also adapted to serve as a frame for supporting a number of arms, O C OC', which collectively serve as a reel. The arms are curved, as shown,so as to keep the thread in place upon them during the operation ofwinding or un'winding, and they may be cast solid upon one side ofthesaid pulley, or cast separate, and secured to the side of the pulley, atregular intervals apart, by screws or rivets. One of the-reel arms, C',is pivoted, at c, to an ear, d, which is cast upon one side of thereel-ring A, and this arm is constructed with a curved tongue orsegment, c, which passes freely' through a slot made -through the spokea', and receives through it a pin, g. By removing pin g, the arm O canbe' turned inwa and the reel thereby contracted so as to allow theremoval from or the application to it of a hank or skein of thread. y Itwill be seen from the above description that Icombine a reel and apulley in such manner as to form a very light and compact device', thepulley serving as such,- and also as a frame for supporting and carryingthe reel-arms. l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The hinged arm, C', applied and retained in position, as described, incombination with the immovable arms C, and the pulley A, allconstruotedin the manner and for the purpose described.

` JOHN S. FENNER.

Witnesses z W. B. WHITE, Jos. MOAncrn'Y.

